TAKEDOWN RADIO REPORT

Posted on | August 5, 2008 | No Comments

The Olympics are just days away. August 8th, the flame will be lit and the competition begins.

We’ll be LIVE from our Brute Adidas studios this Saturday for another 2 hours of wrestling talk starting at 9:06 AM CST. Join us for a lively discussion on wrestling. We should all take a moment and give thanks and offer a silent prayer to our Team.

TDR guests include-

9:05 Joe McFarland- Head Coach of the Wolverines of the U of Michigan joins us to offer some insite and possible predictions on the pending Olympics, his program and the multi million dollar improvements the athletic department plans for wrestling. -M’s 2007-08 recruiting class — Ben Apland, Coby Boyd, Hunter Collins, Bret Marsh, Jake Salazar, Zac Stevens and Mark Weber — is ranked No. 7 among InterMat’s top classes.

9:20 Brett Oleson- New head Coach of NAIA Bacone Warriors in Muskogee, Oklahoma. Coach Oleson comes from Waldorf College in northern Iowa where he wrestled and was an assistant coach. Coach Oleson was a three year starter, two time national qualifier, and wrestled at 174 pounds all four years. He was an assistant coach for three years for the warriors. During his tenure at Waldorf, Coach Oleson has coached four All-Americans and one national champion.

9:40 Jay Jaggers- Senior-141 LBS. The Ohio State University. Jaggers became an All-American in 2007 after compiling a 5-2 mark at the NCAA championships (3/15-17/07) to finish seventh. Jaggers began and ended his national run against Harvard’s and No. 13 Max Meltzer, defeating him in the seventh-place match-up, 7-1. It was Jaggers’ first official appearance on the national stage, after qualifying for NCAAs in 2005-06, but was forced to bow out of the championships because of a knee injury. At the 2007 Big Ten Conference Championships (3/3-4/07), Jaggers recorded the fastest fall time at 25 seconds against Purdue’s Nick Bertucci and that time places him tied for seventh all-time in the OSU record book. During his redshirt-freshman campaign in 2005-06, Jaggers finished with 26 wins, which was a tie for the team best. Additionally, Jaggers’ 15 dual wins was No. 1 on the team among starters. Included in those overall wins was a first-place finish at the Michigan State Open (11/12-13/05), as well as a second-place showing at the Southern Scuffle (12/29-30/05). During that same season, Jaggers earned an individual ranking as high as seventh in the Amateur Wrestling News polls and eighth in the USA Today/NWCA/InterMat standings. Academically, Jaggers is a 2006-07 Academic All-Big Ten honoree, as well as a 2007 NWCA All-Academic Team member and Ohio State Scholar-Athlete.

Deanna Gilbert- UFC 87 Fight night at Billy Joe’s hosted by T- Scott

10:05 Mike Pucillo- Junior-184 LBS. The Ohio State University. Ohio State career/2006-07 (Freshman season) – Pucillo earned All-America laurels in his first complete season of collegiate wrestling with a sixth-place finish at the NCAA championships. Finishing the season with a 26-5 overall record, Pucillo concluded the regular season with an impressive 7-1 Big Ten ledger, which was a part of a 14-1 overall dual mark. At the national championships, Pucillo defeated Top 20 wrestlers in No. 17 Trevor Brandvold (Wisconsin), No. 9 Christian Sinnott (Central Michigan) and No. 10 Louis Caputo (Harvard). Pucillo entered the postseason with a team-best .950 winning percentage (19-1). Although seeing limited action at the beginning of the season because of injury, Pucillo did win 16-consecutive matches to begin his collegiate career at Ohio State before losing his first match of the season to No. 1-ranked Jake Herbert of Northwestern (2/4/07). Included in that 16-match winning streak was the individual title at the Las Vegas Invitational (12/1-2/06). During the Las Vegas Invite, Pucillo won via two major decisions and a fall before downing fourth-ranked Raymond Jordan of Missouri, 3-1, in the semifinals and No. 3 Tyrel Todd of Michigan, 12-6, in the finals en route to the title. Pucillo already had opened the season with a 3-2 win against Jordan in dual action (11/16/06) and later against the Wolverines in dual competition (2/11/07), defeated Todd for the second time. For his efforts in Vegas, Pucillo was awarded Big Ten Conference Wrestler of the Week Honors (12/4/06). In all, Pucillo faced eight ranked wrestlers during the regular season and compiled a 7-1 mark. In addition to his athletic accomplishments, Pucillo also was a 2007 Academic All-Big Ten and NWCA All-Academic Team award winner, as well as an Ohio State Scholar-Athlete.

10:20 Sam Barber- Head Coach of the D3 Powerhouse Auggies of Augsburg College. Plans for a new start or build on the solid foundation set in place by Jeff Swenson? Swenson as a boss? Expectations from self and team? Tune in and find out.

10:40 Corey Meints- Friend of the Ackley Geneva Wellsburg Steamboat Rock (AGWSR) HS Wrestling program. Wrestled a few years at Coe. The Sports Editor at Ackley World Journal The AGWSR (Ackley) Mat club will be hosting a golf outing on Aug. 31 with registration at 12:30 and shot gun start at 1 p.m. The money raised will be used to further the youth programs at AGWSR, as well as for the high school program. The money helps kids attend camps, clinics and tournaments. Money has also been used for work out equipment, videos and almost everything else the program has needed from Kindergarten through high school. For more information contact youth coach Brian Johnson at 641-869-5206

Maureen Roshar- Wild Rose Resort and Casino- 563-219-0704

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